Fireworks explode over the city of Innsbruck and the Nordkette mountains during New Year celebrations
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Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis hill during New Year's Day celebrations in Athens
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Fireworks explode next to the Quadriga sculpture atop the Brandenburg gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin
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Fireworks explode in the sky during New Year celebrations in Moscow's Red Square
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Revellers kiss during New Year celebrations in Moscow's Red Square
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Fireworks explode in the skies above Kayawait palace hotel as people usher in the new year during a 2014 new year's count down party in Yangon
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Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour at midnight, ushering in the new year, in Sydney
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A man wearing eyewear in the shape of the year 2014 waits for a countdown event to celebrate the arrival of the the new year at the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing
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Visitors take pictures and videos during a fireworks explode over Oriental Pearl Tower as part of a New Year countdown celebration on the Bund in Shanghai
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Light and laser illuminate the Great Wall of China to celebrate the new year at the Badaling section of the Great Wall, in Beijing
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Fireworks explode from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101 during New Year celebrations in Taipei
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Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour to usher in the new year, in Sydney
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Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour to usher in the new year, in Sydney
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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong
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Fireworks are seen as a Palestinian waves Fatah flag to celebrate the new year and the 49th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement, in Gaza City
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Fireworks explode near the Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur
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A man leads his horse as he walks past a message left by a visitor on the sand during New Year's Eve in Karachi
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The ball that will drop at midnight is pictured ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York
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A Shinto priest takes part in a ritual to bid farewell to 2013 and prepare for the arrival of the new year in Tokyo
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A reveller writes "2014" with sparklers ahead of New Year's Eve, in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
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